Allies push in Europe widen supply routes to Philippines
U S forces secure MacArthur lines, authorize more civilian goods release. Western Newspaper Union notes French and Belgian fronts shrinking as Canadians and British press Germans back toward Ruhr. Churchill reiterates unconditional surrender policy amid European battles.
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U.S
MacArthur
Philippines
France
Belgum
Holland
U. S
Aachen
Metz
Vosges
Ruhr
North Sea
Antwerp
Schelde
Walcheren
Beveland
Bergen Op Zoom
Norway
K. A. Meretskov
Kirkenes
East Prussia
Junker
Hungary
Budapest
Austria
Pacific: Save Communications victory over Japanese fleet at Leyte
U S III and seventh fleets repelled a three pronged Japanese assault aimed at cutting the MacArthur line to the Philippines. Vice Admiral Kinkaid split his forces to blunt the strike while Halsey’s Third Fleet attacked from Formosa. Jap losses included two carriers and several capital ships. allies reinforced Leyte and Samar despite continued resistance.
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Japan
Imperial Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
U. S
Surigao Straits
Leyte
San Bernardino Straits
Formosa
War Production Board sets civilian goods drive for 1945
The WPB authorized 800 plants to produce 152 million dollars of civilian goods over the next year. Infants wear and children’s clothes gain supply for early 1945, while cheese and meat output stay limited. Production will cover vacuum cleaners, furniture, and household items, with expanded cotton textile controls extending postwar to avert shortages.
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Germany
War Production Board
WPB
J. A. Krug
ODT Finds Differences Between Women and Men Workers
The Office of Defense Transportation urges employers to note that women differ from men in physical and psychological traits affecting work. It cites knee structure, tool grip, steadiness, and less exposure to heavier vehicles while claiming greater manual dexterity from sewing and finer tasks.
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Rosie
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Surplus Holdings Disposal Problem
Government faces hurdles in disposing of wartime industrial assets valued around 16 to 20 percent of all U S facilities. Aircraft shipbuilding and munitions sectors shrank after peace, complicating sales. War housing investment of about 3 billion dollars requires selling permanent buildings and dismantling fabrications for surplus use.
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U. S
Huge Postwar Road Program Urges Economic Stabilization
The American Road Builders Association engineer-director Charles M. Upham says the postwar highway program exceeding ten billion dollars will stabilize the economy. States plan one billion in war-delayed road work by October, with another billion from local projects. better roads are needed to support increased production and distribution.
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American Road Builders Association
Charles M. Upham
Upham
Big 180 Million Bond Refunding By Commonwealth Edi Son Deals
Commonwealth Edi son refinanced 180 million dollars of bonds in a landmark private financing. Halsey Stuart & company led a 155 million dollar purchase of new bonds with Otis & company backing. President of Halsey Stuart handed a 161 million dollar check covering interest and premium, while 23 million in securities were retired with cash. Rail carriers seek 10 percent fare increases and 4 percent freight boosts to offset wartime revenue loss. British Commons passes postwar reconstruction bill limiting land condemnation payments to prewar prices with up to 30 percent increases for occupants.
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Wall Street
LaSalle Street
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago
Halsey, Stuart & Company
Otis & Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Great Wall Street
Halsey
Stuart
Commonwealth
Walter S. Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Britain
House of Commons
War M aking Powers Issue In Peace Organization News
Washington analyst delves into the Ball Roosevelt Dewey debate on joining an international body with teeth to preserve peace. Ball backs a strong UN style mechanism empowering collective action, while Dewey offers guarded support, raising questions about congressional authorization and majority rule in the Security Council.
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America
United States
Ball
Minnesota
Franklin Roosevelt
Dewey
Senate
Wendell Willkie
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Burton
Ohio
Hatch
New Mexico
Hill
Alabama
Senator Ball
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Security Council of the
United Nations
Security Council
Dumbarton Oaks
Britain
Russia
China
Great Britain
New York Times
Brief notes on wartime logistics and aid efforts
The Department of Commerce reports that small coal units can move large freight, and that adding sodium nitrate and phosphates to freshwater lakes in Scotlane boosts marine vegetation and fish production by up to 300 percent. New shotguns and rifles are coming for farmers ranchers and law enforcement. Refugees in the liberated Netherlands will have Saturday night services on wheels. The Netherland Woman's Auxiliary corps will soon get a motor vehicle with portable bathing facilities.
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Scotlane
Department of Commerce
Netherlands
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Clearing Holland
Josef Stalin
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Churchill
Rotterdam
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Albert Kesselring
Bologna
Pacific
Save Communications
Tiny Kenneth Maloney
London
Army
Kenneth
Grand Rapids
Mich
Terry
Washington Digest
World Council
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Sen
Joseph Ball
Bankhage
Houston
Pat Murphy Knapp Chevrolet
Houston Ave
Tex
Houston Land & Trust Co
Texas
Higginbotham
Earle North
Buick
Fulshear
D. McLendon
South
D. O- Lendon
H. C. Moeller
Brayshire Farm
Columbus
Lufkin
T. W. Greer
George C. Marshall
Henry H. Arnold
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Malin D. Craig
Joseph W. Stilwell
WU Gale
Wwnu
Doan
Doans
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